Demogorgonn.

Brit.

/ˌdiːmə(ʊ)ˈɡɔːɡ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌdimoʊˈɡɔrɡ(ə)n/,

/ˌdiməˈɡɔrɡ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s Daemogorgon, 1500s (Scottish) 1600s– Demogorgon. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Demogorgon.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Demogorgon, scribal error (perhaps after ancient Greek δῆμος people (see demos n.) and Γοργώ Gorgon n.) in scholia on Statius Thebaid 4. 516 (4th cent. or later) for demiurgon , accusative of demiurgos Demiurge n.Post-classical Latin Demogorgon is also mentioned by a scholiast on Lucan Pharsalia 6. 742, and in later texts, including the Repertorium of Conrad de Mure (1273) and the Genealogia Deorum of Boccaccio (14th cent.). The latter appears to be the source of the word in modern literature (Ariosto, Spenser, Milton, Shelley, etc.).

1. Mythology. (The name of) a powerful and terrible god or demon, associated with hell or the underworld.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Demogorgon

Demogorgon1554

Gorgon1590

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour ii. sig. Giii Demogorgon..Fore Grandschir, tyll the Goddis all.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E2^v O thou [Night] most auncient Grandmother of all..Which wast begot in Dæmogorgons hall.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 965 And by them stood Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon .

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 80 He's the First-begotten of Beelzebub, with a Face as terrible as Demogorgon.

1777 J. Ogilvie Rona iii. 78 Though plunged in tripple shades to man unknown, He shakes the base of Demogorgon's throne.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 29 All the powers of nameless worlds..And Demogorgon, a tremendous gloom.

1833 Edinb. Rev. July 339 Starting and trembling at the demogorgons and chimæras.

1850 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. 452 According to Ariosto, Demogorgon has a splendid temple palace in the Himalaya mountains, whither every fifth year the Fates are all summoned to appear before him, and give an account of their actions.

1988 Dragon Mag. Jan. 76/2 The world of Karyx..has access to a veritable army of intangible spirits in a hierarchy ranging from lowly spirits to awesome elementals and demogorgons.

2007 Weekly World News 12 Feb. 12/1 The spontaneous appearance of Demogorgon, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub and other fiends in bathrooms across America.

2. A person who or thing which is likened to Demogorgon, esp. in having absolute power or supremacy.

ΚΠ

1683 J. Norris Murnival of Knaves 16 Patron of all Dissenters, and The Demogorgon of Whigland.

1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm 85 The Saline, and Sulphurious Vapours, I take to be the True Demogorgon of the Philosophers, or Grandfather of all the Heathen Gods, i.e. Mettals.

1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. ix. 156 Sir, how could you, a firebrand tost about by the rabble, a restless spirit, a demogorgon, find leisure for so much reading?

1835 Parterre 2 294/2 Dimly distinguishable, amidst this culinary chaos, the master cook, the demogorgon of the scene, commanded and countermanded.

1901 Argosy Apr. 33 [They], young as they were, had survived all illusions and viewed the Demogorgon of weltschmerz face to face.

2008 A. E. Mullaney tr. T. Folengo Baldo II. xxiii. 373 An abbot, a Demogorgon who loved broccoli, sardines, figs and split beans, came riding up on a mule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demogorgon
释义	Demogorgonn. Brit. /ˌdiːmə(ʊ)ˈɡɔːɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌdimoʊˈɡɔrɡ(ə)n/, /ˌdiməˈɡɔrɡ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s Daemogorgon, 1500s (Scottish) 1600s– Demogorgon. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Demogorgon. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Demogorgon, scribal error (perhaps after ancient Greek δῆμος people (see demos n.) and Γοργώ Gorgon n.) in scholia on Statius Thebaid 4. 516 (4th cent. or later) for demiurgon , accusative of demiurgos Demiurge n.Post-classical Latin Demogorgon is also mentioned by a scholiast on Lucan Pharsalia 6. 742, and in later texts, including the Repertorium of Conrad de Mure (1273) and the Genealogia Deorum of Boccaccio (14th cent.). The latter appears to be the source of the word in modern literature (Ariosto, Spenser, Milton, Shelley, etc.). 1. Mythology. (The name of) a powerful and terrible god or demon, associated with hell or the underworld. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Demogorgon Demogorgon1554 Gorgon1590 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour ii. sig. Giii Demogorgon..Fore Grandschir, tyll the Goddis all. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E2^v O thou [Night] most auncient Grandmother of all..Which wast begot in Dæmogorgons hall. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 965 And by them stood Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon . View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 80 He's the First-begotten of Beelzebub, with a Face as terrible as Demogorgon. 1777 J. Ogilvie Rona iii. 78 Though plunged in tripple shades to man unknown, He shakes the base of Demogorgon's throne. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 29 All the powers of nameless worlds..And Demogorgon, a tremendous gloom. 1833 Edinb. Rev. July 339 Starting and trembling at the demogorgons and chimæras. 1850 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. 452 According to Ariosto, Demogorgon has a splendid temple palace in the Himalaya mountains, whither every fifth year the Fates are all summoned to appear before him, and give an account of their actions. 1988 Dragon Mag. Jan. 76/2 The world of Karyx..has access to a veritable army of intangible spirits in a hierarchy ranging from lowly spirits to awesome elementals and demogorgons. 2007 Weekly World News 12 Feb. 12/1 The spontaneous appearance of Demogorgon, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub and other fiends in bathrooms across America. 2. A person who or thing which is likened to Demogorgon, esp. in having absolute power or supremacy. ΚΠ 1683 J. Norris Murnival of Knaves 16 Patron of all Dissenters, and The Demogorgon of Whigland. 1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm 85 The Saline, and Sulphurious Vapours, I take to be the True Demogorgon of the Philosophers, or Grandfather of all the Heathen Gods, i.e. Mettals. 1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. ix. 156 Sir, how could you, a firebrand tost about by the rabble, a restless spirit, a demogorgon, find leisure for so much reading? 1835 Parterre 2 294/2 Dimly distinguishable, amidst this culinary chaos, the master cook, the demogorgon of the scene, commanded and countermanded. 1901 Argosy Apr. 33 [They], young as they were, had survived all illusions and viewed the Demogorgon of weltschmerz face to face. 2008 A. E. Mullaney tr. T. Folengo Baldo II. xxiii. 373 An abbot, a Demogorgon who loved broccoli, sardines, figs and split beans, came riding up on a mule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1554
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